Dixieland is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...

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. The name was likely a reference to the Pima cotton fields in the area. It is located east of Plaster City on County Route S80, at an elevation of 36 feet (11 m) below sea level. Las Pozas de Santa Rosa de las Lajas (the Wells of Saint Rose of the Flat Rocks), identified by

Juan Bautista de Anza Juan Bautista de Anza Bezerra Nieto (July 6 or 7, 1736 – December 19, 1788) was a Novohispanic/Mexican expeditionary leader, military officer, and politician primarily in California and New Mexico under the Spanish Empire. He is credited as on ...

on his first expedition into California, were located southwest of Dixieland. Prior to 1912 there was a wagon bridge in the vicinity. The Holton interurban from

El Centro El Centro ( Spanish for "The Center") is a city and county seat of Imperial County, California, United States. El Centro is the most populous city in the Imperial Valley, the east anchor of the Southern California Border Region, and the co ...

stopped at Dixieland in 1912. A post office operated at Dixieland from 1912 to 1935.

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Unincorporated communities in Imperial County, California El Centro metropolitan area Imperial Valley Populated places in the Colorado Desert Unincorporated communities in California {{ImperialCountyCA-geo-stub